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French and Indian War
The Native Americans only fought in the war because they didn’t want to lose their land to the British and they had good relations with the French, wanting to help the French in the war. -
Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was a so called group made to gather the British Colonies under one government. -
Wrists of Assistance
The reason it was written was because it was a general search warrant, allowing customs officals to enter any ship or building that was suspected to hold smuggled goods. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty, a well-organized Patriot paramilitary political organization shrouded in secrecy, was established to undermine British rule in colonial America and was influential in organizing and carrying out the Boston Tea Party. -
Pontianc's War
Ottawa leader pontiac was offended by the policies of British General Jeffrey Amherst, leading to the war. -
Proclaimation
Forbid the expansion of British colonies. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was both written and passed/put into effect in 1764. -
Quartering Act
This means that under law that colonists must give English soldiers whatever they wanted whether this be food, candles, drink, etc. -
Stamp Act
It was the first offical act posing that the American colonies will not pay their taxes to local legislators, but directrly to England. -
Currency Act
The colonies faced a chronic shortage of hard money. -
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Policy of Non-Importation
Was the reaction to the Stamp Act. -
Daughters of Liberty
The Daughters of Liberty supported the boycott of tea and cloth produced in England. They urged American colonists to support American businesses and to produce their own products. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Act was passed in 1767. -
Boycott
Boycotting started in 1767. Boycotting was invented to refuse to buy or use certain items because of their high taxes. -
Boston Massacre
The only reason that the Boston Massacre happened was because there was a group of colonists harassing some British soliders and the soliders got fed up so the shot point blank on anyone. -
Commities of Correspondance
The Committees of Correspondence were formed throughout the colonies as a means of coordinating action against Great Britain. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was passed souly to reduce the massive surplus of tea. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists dressed up as indians and dumped hundreds of pounds into the harbor to prove their disproval of high tea taxes. -
Quebec Act
The Quebec Act of 1774 was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain. -
Coercive Acts
It was a punishment for the people of Boston after the Boston Tea party. The people had to get food and water by land which took a lot longer than by sea. -
Continental Congress
This was also a part of what made the the colonies act as one body. All the colonies except Georgia had sent representatives to the congress by September later that year. -
Petition
The olive branch petition was created to avoid a war between the colonies and England. -
Restraining Act
Hoping to keep the New England colonies dependent on the British, King George III formally endorses the New England Restraining Act in 1775. -
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Common Scense by Thomas Paine
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence. -
Lexington and Concord
When British Patrols came for the patriots weapons on the 19th the people fought back. -
Second Continenal Congress
The Congress became the effective national government of the country, and, as such, conducted diplomacy on behalf of the new United States. -
Contential Army
Formed after the outbreak of the Revolutionary war by the colonies and fuel by them. George Washington was chief commander of it the whole time. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The colonists were winning the battle, but then ran out of ammunition, thus, being slaughtered. -
New England Restraining Act
This was put into place by king George the 3rd to promise that if the colonists paid for the salaries of officials they would not be taxed. -
Olive Branch Petition
It was an attempt to assert the rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British crown. -
Battle of Quebec
To keep the land and colonists safe, they started to fight and the battle started. -
Declarition of Indeperdence
The Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence--written largely by Jefferson--in Philadelphia on July 4, a date now celebrated as the birth of American independence.
